Bweranyangi Girls' Senior Secondary School

Bweranyangi Girls' Secondary School
Location
Bushenyi, Bushenyi District
Uganda
Information
Type Public Middle School and High School (8-13)
Motto Sow To Reap
Established 1912
Number of students 1,500+ (2014)
Athletics track, tennis, volleyball, basketball, netball
Website Homepage

Bweranyangi Girls' Secondary School, is a girls-only boarding middle and high school in Bushenyi District in the Western Region of Uganda.

Location

The school campus is located on Bweranyangi Hill (elevation:1,600 metres (5,200 ft), situated in the southern suburbs of the town of Bushenyi. This is approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi), by road, south of the central business district of Bushenyi.[1] Bweranyangi lies approximately 65 kilometres (40 mi), by road, west of Mbarara, the largest city in the sub-region.[2] The coordinates of the school campus are:0°33'35.0"S, 30°12'30.0"E (Latitude:-0.559722; Longitude:30.208333).[3]

History

The school traces its origins from Kamukuzi Hill in Mbarara, where in 1912, the Church Missionary Society, with eight girl-students housed in a grass-thatched hut, founded the school, then known as Mbarara Junior School. The inaugural class included the daughter of the King of Ankole at that time and one of the Ankole Prime Minister's daughters.

The school relocated to Ruharo Hill, also in Mbarara, in 1914, with a student population of 30. There was more land at Ruharo for expansion. This, however, placed the girls' school adjacent to Mbarara High School, a boys’ school that had started in 1911. While at Ruharo the name of the school was changed to Mbarara Girls’ Boarding School. In 1954, because if frequent unwelcome visits by students from nearby Mbarara High School and the need for still more expansion, the girls' school was again relocated to Bweranyangi Hill in Bushenyi, 65 kilometres (40 mi) to the west.

In the early 1960s, the school was granted permission to start middle school (S1 to S4), and later high school (S5 to S6). The primary school was separated from the middle and high school and today exists adjacent to the Secondary School as Bweranyangi Primary School, a day and boarding all-girls elementary school.[4]

Notable alumni

Notable alumni of the school include:[5]

Notable staff

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Road Distance Between Bushenyi And Bweranyangi With Map". Globefeed.com. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Map Showing Mbarara And Bweranyangi With Distance Marker". Globefeed.com. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  3. ↑ Google (5 July 2015). "Location of Bweranyangi Girls' Senior Secondary School At Google Maps" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Historical Background of Bweranyangi Girls' Senior Secondary School". Bweranyangi Girls' Senior Secondary School. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  5. ↑ Alfred Tumushabe, Paul Aruho (8 October 2012). "Bweranyangi Girls’ Recall A Journey of 100 Years". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  6. ↑ Umutesi, Doreen (4 July 2013). "Rwanda: Queen of Comedy Anne Kansiime Speaks About Her Journey to Stardom". New Times (Rwanda) via AllAfrica.com. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  7. ↑ Rubagumya, Ikilezi (31 May 2013). "Kansiime Anne: Uganda's Queen of Comedy". Cimamag.com. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  8. ↑ Mubangizi, Odomaro (4 December 2014). "Uganda: Anne Kansiime - A Philosophical Inquiry Into The Political Economy of Humour". AllAfrica.com. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  9. ↑ Alfred Tumushabe, Paul Aruho (8 October 2012). "Yoweri Museveni Taught At Bweranyangi In 1965". Retrieved 9 May 2014.

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Coordinates: 00°33′35″S 30°12′30″E / 0.55972°S 30.20833°E / -0.55972; 30.20833

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